Varanasi versus Allahabad

spudseven · Mar 6th, 2009, 02:00

I've got a few days in the Varanasi area - where I've been a couple of times and like - but thought about going to Allahabad instead where I've never been....

Whats does anybody think?

Or any other ideas in that area?

Thanks, Michael.

KABAARY · Mar 6th, 2009, 02:06

Nothing much in Allahabad. Some good eating joints though...El Chico for one.

spudseven · Mar 6th, 2009, 02:11

What about where the Ganges and the other river meet......

SitaParityaga · Mar 6th, 2009, 02:18

The sangam (confluence of Yamuna, Ganges and the invisible Saraswati rivers) is a great spot to visit.

I liked Allahabad: fewer tourists by far than Varanasi. Great Hanuman Temple.

n kumar · Mar 6th, 2009, 09:37

varanasi and allahabad can never be compared. Varanasi is one of the dirtist and the holiest cities in the world. Varanasi is full of energy and allahabad is quite relaxing.

New-South-Welshman · Mar 6th, 2009, 09:56

Allahabad is quite the governmental town as I remember. Kind of like a large city full of lawyers. I went in 1993, so quite a while ago. If you do go to Allahabad, I recommend 2-3 days at the most.

Darmabum · Mar 6th, 2009, 17:25

Though I only spent a day and one night in Allahabad on a drive back to Varanasi, I agree with New-South-Welshman's take. Imagine, somehow, that Allahabad and Varanasi are twins, or at least, brothers. Allahabad buttons the top button of it's starched shirt; Varanasi not only doesn't wear button down shirts, it doesn't own one, prefers to walk around naked.

shivashanti · Mar 8th, 2009, 08:01

interesting

atala · Mar 11th, 2009, 03:38

What I remember about Allahabad, (i went there to see Prayag, the confluence spot) is that the cycle-rickshaws are even more colourful there than in Varanasi. Else I found A. rather boring. And I was there briefly after a Kumbh-Mela.

New-South-Welshman · Mar 11th, 2009, 07:19

I went to some these park in Allahabad too. It had these mini hovercraft things? Just nostalgia I guess.

Indizen · Mar 11th, 2009, 08:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by New-South-Welshman

Allahabad is quite the governmental town as I remember. Kind of like a large city full of lawyers. I went in 1993, so quite a while ago. If you do go to Allahabad, I recommend 2-3 days at the most.

Allahabad has the High Court(of Uttar Pradesh), the largest Indian state. A very important city from a lawyer's point of view. Its history goes back a long way, from the times of Moti Lal Nehru, father of the first Prime Minister of India.It was originally founded as the High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces at Agra on March 17, 1866
Visit http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/indexhigh.html

Mar 6th, 2009, 02:00	#1
spudseven Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Preston, UK. Posts: 116	Varanasi versus Allahabad I've got a few days in the Varanasi area - where I've been a couple of times and like - but thought about going to Allahabad instead where I've never been.... Whats does anybody think? Or any other ideas in that area? Thanks, Michael.

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Darmabum On the Road, wherever I am Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: in the mountains of Idaho . . . now the red-rock plateau of southern Utah Posts: 1,111	Though I only spent a day and one night in Allahabad on a drive back to Varanasi, I agree with New-South-Welshman's take. Imagine, somehow, that Allahabad and Varanasi are twins, or at least, brothers. Allahabad buttons the top button of it's starched shirt; Varanasi not only doesn't wear button down shirts, it doesn't own one, prefers to walk around naked. __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure - Marianne Williamson

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KABAARY Maha Guru Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: INDIA Posts: 1,262	Nothing much in Allahabad. Some good eating joints though...El Chico for one.

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SitaParityaga member in the forest Join Date: May 2003 Location: California Posts: 1,146	The sangam (confluence of Yamuna, Ganges and the invisible Saraswati rivers) is a great spot to visit. I liked Allahabad: fewer tourists by far than Varanasi. Great Hanuman Temple.

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n kumar Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: bangalore Posts: 975	varanasi and allahabad can never be compared. Varanasi is one of the dirtist and the holiest cities in the world. Varanasi is full of energy and allahabad is quite relaxing.

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shivashanti Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: usa Posts: 7	interesting

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atala 8 years in India Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Switzerland Posts: 978	What I remember about Allahabad, (i went there to see Prayag, the confluence spot) is that the cycle-rickshaws are even more colourful there than in Varanasi. Else I found A. rather boring. And I was there briefly after a Kumbh-Mela.

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